μετάθεσις G3331
change, removal, transference from one state or position to another
This noun denotes fundamental change or transference. Hebrews uses it twice: the priesthood's change from Levitical to Melchizedek order necessitates a law change (Heb 7:12), and at the end, shakable things will be removed so unshakable things remain (Heb 12:27). Enoch's 'translation' (Heb 11:5) uses the same root—he was transferred from earth without death. The term implies not mere modification but displacement or substitution. Spanish 'cambio/remoción/traslación' and French 'changement' capture this range from change to removal to translation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A fundamental change, removal, or transference from one state to another. In Hebrews, it describes the priesthood's transformation (7:12), Enoch's bodily translation to heaven (11:5), and the eschatological removal of created things (12:27). The Greek μετάθεσις can mean positional change, exchange, or complete removal. Spanish distinguishes 'cambio' (change), 'remoción' (removal), and 'traslación' (translation), showing the term's semantic breadth. 3×
AR["تَغْييرٌ", "تَغْيِير", "نَقْلِهِ"]·ben["পরিবর্তন", "সরিয়ে-নেওয়া", "স্থানান্তরের"]·DE["Veraenderung"]·EN["change", "removal", "translation"]·FR["changement"]·heb["הַהַעְתָקָה", "הַעֲתָקָה", "שִׁנּוּי"]·HI["उठाये-जाने,", "बदलाव", "हटाए-जाने-को"]·ID["nya,", "pemindahan,", "perubahan"]·IT["metatheseōs", "metathesin", "metathesis"]·jav["kapindhahanipun", "kasingsiraken", "éwah-éwahan"]·KO["변화가", "올겨가기", "제거-를"]·PT["mudança", "remoção", "traslação"]·RU["изменение", "перемена", "переселения"]·ES["cambio", "remoción", "traslación"]·SW["kubadilika", "kuhamishwa", "kuondolewa"]·TR["alınmanın", "değişikliği", "kaldırılmasını"]·urd["اُٹھائے-جانے-سے", "تبدیلی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ, (μετατίθημι) change of position, transposition, Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῦ ἐμβρύου Refs 2nd c.AD+; couching of a cataract, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 generally, change, θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. NT+5th c.BC+; especially change of sides or opinions, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Refs 2nd c.BC+ (hence, amendment, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων Refs 2nd c.BC+; going over, πρός τινα Refs __3 exchange, barter, Refs __4…